Mycoplasma Flashcards
lack a cell wall, smallest cell size (0.22 um filter)
mycoplasma
Mycoplasma class
Mollicutes
Mollicutes are divided into four groups ?
1- Pneumoniae, 2-Hominis, 3-Anaeroplasma, 4-Spiroplasma.
The main species cluster of Mycoplasma, infect ruminants Mycoides cluster found in
Spiroplasma highly pathogenic.
Mycoplasma mycoides cantain
small colony
genera Mycoplasma :
1-Ureaplasma, 2-Acholeplasma
Resists drugs acting on cell wall like penicillin & Fastidious
Mycoplasma
M. mycoides subsp. ……… can cause septicemia
capri
Localized Infections——– Respiratory Tract
septicemia
Pleuropneumonia types
(CBPP,CCPP)
in cattle ——– caused by M.mycoides .
CBPP
in sheep——— caused by M.capripneumoniae.
CCPP
causes mastitis
M.bovis
causes Contagious agalactia.
M. agalactiae
Chlamydiae important diseases is
ocular, genital